19. Marquis Grissom. He is one of only seven players with 2,000 hits, 200 home runs and 400 stolen bases. He has four Golf Gloves, not to mention a .390 career World Series average, fourth best ever for those with at least 50 at-bats. His career was better than you probably remember, but it was not quite good enough.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Clubhouse chemistry matters!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/08/24/field-front-office-many-believe-chemistry-still-matters-baseball/32271291/
There's a reason why the Blue Jays traded for LaTroy Hawkins instead of Papelbon! That's what winning is all about!!
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
i think it does matter! just not as much as talent.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 August 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
If the answer is LaTroy Hawkins or David Ross I don't like the question
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Papelbon is a clubhouse cancer obviously (WITH TWO MORE RINGS THAN ANYONE ON THE FUCKING BLUE JAYS)
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
latroy is a lot cheaper than papelbon (and has actually been better with his new team thus far)
from what i understand, papelbon is actually pretty popular with his teammates -- although i suspect he'd throw quite a tantrum if asked to pitch the eighth instead of the ninth. fortunately matt williams would never ask him to do that
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:55 (eight years ago) link
I watched Latroy a lot the last few years. He's not good. Also he's 42.
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 August 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
dan shaughnessy is so far and away the worst sportswriter in america that he makes mitch albom & bill plaschke look like gary smith
icymi honey
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2015/12/08/dan-shaughnessy-of-the-boston-globe-wins-the-j-g-taylor-spink-award/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
CHHoF
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 22:48 (eight years ago) link
"meritous"
― Andy K, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 01:12 (eight years ago) link
https://www.fanragsports.com/inside-baseball-jon-heymans-top-60-heroes-of-2017/
weird article that alternates between interpreting "hero" as "someone who is good at baseball" and "someone who was charitable"
― na (NA), Monday, 25 September 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
Herman's piece from the beginning of the thread is still hard to top, love his revisionist history.
Jack Morris, a bulldog who was considered the best pitcher of the '80s
― nomar, Monday, 25 September 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-what-do-we-think-about-bullpenning-now/
I don't have a problem with the article itself but he uses "nails" as an adjective three times in the same article, a usage I've never seen before. Is that a common baseball phrase? Or a Cameron-ism?
― na (NA), Monday, 30 October 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
it's a baseball phrase, if not so common as to use three times
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 October 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
Not that I read minor-league baseball stories off the wire (or from anywhere, for that matter), but still.
http://www.sporttechie.com/a-computer-will-now-write-minor-league-baseball-stories-for-the-associated-press/
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 January 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
yeah that's been going on for almost two years; it's not very good but will no doubt get there eventually
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 January 2018 04:17 (six years ago) link
Oops. Turned up on my FB wall yesterday--I ought to check dates.
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 January 2018 13:27 (six years ago) link